Ian Stevens comes from a background in the New Zealand Kiwifruit Industry, where he ran his business Agfirst Bay of Plenty Ltd for more than 20 years. After retiring in 2017, Ian was 'redeployed' and now acts as a director for Build Tiny Ltd - one of the first commercial tiny house building companies in New Zealand. Ian's an innovator at heart, and when he's not inventing counterweighted retractable tiny house beds, he's plying his mind to the many applications where tiny homes could help to address the NZ housing crisis - particularly in providing safe, warm accommodation for seasonal horticultural workers - an ongoing problem that Ian is all too familiar with.